The Ghatti's Tale: Mindspeakers Call
Gayle Greeno
DAW Books, 1994
ISBN:0-88677-579-5 (paperback)
MINDSTEALERS - that is what the gleaners - a mutant strain of humans able to destroy the
minds and souls of their fellows - are known as throughout Canderis. It is a reputation that has
been only too well -earned by such Gleaners as Seeker Doyce Marbon's stepson Vesey, who
nearly succeeded in bringing down both the Seeker Veritas and the eumedicos, the two
organizations primarily responsible for the well-being of the people of Canders.
Having thus been made aware that the Gleaners are secretly building their power, the Seekers are
sworn to find and put an end to this threat. But Doyce's Bondmate, the catlike ghatta called
Khar, has much more personal mission to fulfill, to break through the mind barriers which Doyce
created as protection against a terrifying attack by Vesey. For although Vesey was defeated by
Doyce and the united minds of eight ghatti, Doyce has remained in shock for months, trapped
within her own mind's protective barriers.
But now the Seekers Veritas have need of her services once again, and, recovered or not, she and
Khar must join a mission to the neighboring realm of Marchmont. For someone seems bent n
creating dissension between Canderis and Marchmont. And even the truth-reading skills of the
Seekers may not be enough to unravel the twisted threads of a conspiracy that could see Canderis
and its neighbor hopelessly caught in a devastating war .. . .
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